I want to go all over the worldAnd start living freeI know that there’s somebody whoIs waiting for meI’ll build a boat, steady and trueAs soon as it’s doneI’m going to sail along in the dreamsOf my dear someone– Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Dear Someone There are bigger, more far-reaching songs on the classic…
And in the endThe love you takeIs equal to the love you make– The Beatles, The End Which Beatles album is the greatest? The answer is different for most everyone, but it usually comes down to Rubber Soul, Revolver and Sgt. Pepper’s each wrestling for number one, with a couple of votes each for The…
I deal in dreamersAnd telephone screamersLately I wonder what I do it forIf l had my wayI’d just walk out those doorsAnd wanderDown the Champs ElyseesGoing cafe to cabaretThinking how I’ll feel when I findThat very good friend of mineI was a free man in ParisI felt unfettered and aliveNobody was calling me up for…
“From here to VenezuelaThere’s nothing more to seeThan a hundred thousand islandsFlung like jewels upon the seaFor you and me”– Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, The Lee Shore I heard about a former coworker, a guy with Israeli good looks and intense blue eyes that no doubt closed many negotiations of the heart, who succumbed…
But touch my tears with your lipsTouch my world with your fingertipsAnd we can have foreverAnd we can love foreverForever is our today– Queen, Who Wants to Live Forever This idea of living forever is tantalizing, isn’t it? It fuels our fascination with vampires and elves and superheroes, but I’m not sure it’s in our…
One obvious problem with long drives is that it eats into reading time. You can solve this with audio books, of course, but then what of podcasts? As a heavy consumer of both, what do you choose? And this is where time becomes our enemy. Long drives require epic podcast episodes, and there’s nothing more…
If we were vampires and death was a jokeWe’d go out on the sidewalk and smokeAnd laugh at all the lovers and their plansI wouldn’t feel the need to hold your handMaybe time running out is a giftI’ll work hard ’til the end of my shiftAnd give you every second I can findAnd hope it…
“Like the elite of ancient Egypt, most people in most cultures dedicate their lives to building pyramids. Only the names, shapes and sizes of these pyramids change from one culture to the other. They may take the form, for example, of a suburban cottage with a swimming pool and an evergreen lawn, or a gleaming…
“To dance is to be out of yourself. Larger, more beautiful, more powerful… This is power, it is glory on earth and it is yours for the taking” – Agnes De Mille “It’s the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance.” – Xiaolu Guo Out for dinner with my bride on a Friday…
“A master is in control. A master has a system. A master turns the ordinary into the sacred.” – Ryan Holiday “The primary math of the real world is one and one equals two. The layman (as, often, do I) swings that every day. He goes to the job, does his work, pays his bills…
